UConn out of Big East Tournament

(AP) - Dion Waiters had 18 points and James Southerlandscored all 10 of his points in the final 8 minutes to lead No. 2Syracuse to a 58-55 victory over Connecticut on Thursday in thequarterfinals of the

News 12 Staff

Mar 8, 2012, 11:23 PM

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(AP) - Dion Waiters had 18 points and James Southerlandscored all 10 of his points in the final 8 minutes to lead No. 2Syracuse to a 58-55 victory over Connecticut on Thursday in thequarterfinals of the Big East tournament, snapping the Huskies'13-game postseason winning streak.
The top-seeded Orange (31-1) won their 11th straight gameoverall and advanced to face the winner of theGeorgetown-Cincinnati game in the semifinals on Friday night atMadison Square Garden.
But not before these rivals added another chapter to their BigEast tournament history.
Shabazz Napier had 15 points and Andre Drummond added 14 for theninth-seeded Huskies (20-13), who were trying to duplicate lastyear's first-ever five-game run to the Big East tournament titlethat was followed by a six-game streak that brought the school itsthird national championship.


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